Essays about: "Local Governance"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 411 essays containing the words Local Governance.

1. 16. Strategic Spatial Planning in an Evolving Governance Structure : Decolonizing Planning in Namibia

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Tove Söder; [2023]
   Keywords : Namibia; Strategic Spatial Planning SSP ; planning process; decentralization; policy implementation; post-colonial; urban sprawl; spatial planning; strategy implementation; strategy-making;

   Abstract : This research explores the challenges the Namibian government faces in the planning process when implementing policies for strategic spatial planning (SSP). The study considers the entire Namibian planning process which primarily is governed top-down but has since independence adopted policies to decentralize power. READ MORE

3. 17. Navigating the Global-to-National Interface: Exploring the Impact of International Development Agendas on National Policy Shaping: A Study of CRPD implementation in Armenia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Marine Manukyan; [2023]
   Keywords : CRPD; Disability; PWD; SDG; Policy-shaping; Human rights; Development; Global Governance; Policy Transfer; Armenia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Armenia started the disability policy reforms since the ratification of the UN CRPD in 2010. The final laws however were adopted only in 2021 and are not fully in force till now. The objective of this study is to comprehensively investigate the influence of international development agendas on national policy-shaping. READ MORE

4. 18. Vallastaden; the Up-Side-Down of Urban Planning? : A Qualitative Case Study of Capacity Development on an Urban Scale

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Malin Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban Transformative Capacity; Urban Sustainability; Sustainable Communities; Urban Care; Relational Ontology.;

   Abstract : The work towards global sustainable development is growing increasingly complex. Cities and the local urban scale have been acknowledged as important arenas towards sustainability; as they are actors contributing to high climate impacts and contain nebulous circumstances surrounding social orders due to rapid urbanisation. READ MORE

5. 19. Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus in the Inkomati-Usuthu Water Management Area, South Africa: A Systematic Review.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Aaron Bryce Chawiya; [2023]
   Keywords : Cross-sector collaboration; Policy; Sustainable Development; Resource Management; Transboundary Resources; WEFE Nexus;

   Abstract : The growing importance to finding workable solutions to the problem of unsustainable and inefficient resource use cannot be overstated.  In the world facing one of its critical sustainability periods, efficient resource utilization to ensure sustainable development is a problem policymakers should grapple with at a loc, regional and local levels. READ MORE

6. 20. Grounding the Common Search for Inclusion : How Local Perceptions can be Included in International Peacebuilding Organizations

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Sarah Trochemowitz; [2023]
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   Abstract : The term local participation has become a frequently used buzzword within peacebuilding; however, its contextual meaning and practical implications are not well established. Further, most of the literature has focused on international organizations from a state-building and good governance perspective, however, often this does not account for the work and responsibilities which are carried by large-scale peacebuilding INGOs. READ MORE